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STEPHAN LIPPERT AND CHARLES WV. HOTTMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.1691,642, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed June 26, 1901.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.:

Beit knownthat We, STEPHAN LIPPERT, a citizen of the United States, and CHARLES W. HOTTMAN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, both residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in bottle -Washing machines; and it consists, mainly, of a circular bottle-carrier, which is given both a rotary and a reciprocating or rocking motion for the purpose of cleansing the outside as Well as the inside of the bottles.

The machine is further designed to inject a supply of water to the bottles, together with a quantity of shot, which is throughly agitated within the bottles as they are rotated by the rotary frame or carrier.

Our invention will be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l illustrates a side elevation of our machine. Fig. 2 represents a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 shows a vertical section of the carrier hub and shaft supporting the same, and Fig. 3X is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 3. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate, respectively, a plan and a side elevation of the same machine with a modified form of driving mechanism.

Referring to the reference-letters of the drawings, A' represents a wooden tank or trough, which is supplied with Water bya pipe a and has an overflow or discharge pipe a.

B is the bottle-carrier, consisting of a frame or support having a number of arms B', connected to a hub B2. The bottles are held in place on the carrier B by means of springclips C and C', the former embracing the sides of the bottles,'while the latter rests against the bottoms thereof to assure close contact with nozzles D, which are'arranged in a circular series around the hub B2.

On one end of the tank A is a driving-shaft E, journaled at E and E2 and operated by a pulley E2. This shaft is provided with a bevel-gear F., which meshes with a similar gear F2, fastened to a shaft F. The shaft F Serial No. 6 6 ,03 8. (No model.)

is carried by a bracket G, which bracket passes around the shaft E and is fastened to the tank A. The periphery of the bottle-carrier has formed thereon a Worm-wheel H, which engages a worm H', thus enabling the bottle-carrier to be turned with a slow motion through the medium of said gearing and worm from the main driving-shaft E.

The hub B2 of the bottle-carrier is supported on a shaft I, which is hung upon arms J 6o andJ, pivoted atj to the tank A. These arms are linked at points 1c and lc' to a bifurcated rod K, which in turn is fastened to an eccentric-strap L, turning upon an eccentric L', mounted upon the shaft E. By this arrangement the bottle-carrier B has, in addition to the rotary motion impartedv by the gearing above referred to, a reciprocating motion or a rocking motion, caused by the eccentric L' and its connections acting uponthe arms J and J'. This causes the carrier and bottles Vto be moved forward and backward through the Water in the tank with a rapid motion, which greatly facilitates the cleaning operation from .within and without.

In addition to the action produced by the carrier and bottles passing through the water the bottles are also acted upon by a brush M, which impinges against the bottles as they are carried around.

The hub B2 is -provided with a Anumber of pockets B8 for holding a quantity of shot, and extending through the hub B2, on a line with the pockets and entering the nozzles D, are a number of jets d. n

Mounted upon-the shaft I is a collar L', and upon this collar is fastened studs jj J2, having nuts n, n', and n2, which bear upon springs S, S', and S2. These springs bear againstsegmental plates T, T', and T2. The segmental plates T and 'B' are provided with openingst and t', which register with the jets d as the hub turns around. These plates T and T are supplied with water through couplings u and u', supplied .from a Water-supply pipe U. 95 When the bottles reach a position directly above the hub, the shot will rest in the pockets B2 and the jets d will be in such a position with respect to the plate Tthat a stream of Water will be forced through the jets into roo thebottles. and Water-supply is cut orf the shot which has left the pockets, enters the bottles and by the rocking motion of the carriers is,

moved backward and t'orward thoroughly cleansing the bottles from within. The dirt and Water in the bottles is free to escape When the bottles are in a vertical position through openings o o, which register with similar openings 0' o" in the cover-plate W.

The plate W, which acts as a valve-plate to shut ot the How-Water from the bottles when the same are not in an approximately vertical position, is held from turning by a rod X, which is bolted to the plate and to the side of the tank.

In the modification shown in Fig. i in lieu of the Worm-Wheel on the periphery of the bottle-carrier We have illustrated a plain spur- Wheel X', which is driven by a pinion X2. This pinion is operated by a shaft X3 and Worm-Wheel X1, which latter is driven by a illustrated a side elevation of a bottle-Washing machine, in which the bottle-carrier D has formed upon its periphery a rack X12, which is operated by a pinion X13, mounted upon a shaft Z13, journaled in a bracket Y. The shaft Z13 is provided With a pulley X14 of considerable size, which is driven by a belt X15 and smaller pulley X10'` Which latter is mounted upon the driving-shaft EXX. The carrier B is suspended from the shaft Z13 by an arm Y', Which is given a forward-andbackward movement by means of a connecting-rod Y2 and crank YS, Which latter is operated from the main driving-shaft E.

In place of the pulley X14, belt X15, and pulley X1G it will be understood that We may use in conjunction with the other features shown in Fig. 5 a means similar to that shown in Fig. 4 for the purpose of transmitting power from the driving-shaft E to the pinion X13, operating the rack X12 of the carrier B. It will be further understood that modifications other than these herein shown may be made without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A bottle-Washing machine comprising a tank, a circular frame or support mounted thereon and adapted to hold a series of bottles, means for rotating said support, a central hub turning with said support and having openings to receive the open ends of the bottles, said hub being also provided with a Water supply pipe and a discharge orifice, means as shown to impart a reciprocating or rocking motion to said support, and said hub and means controlled by the rotation of the support, and hub to admit and discharge As the bottles are carried around l Water to the hub and bottles substantially as l specified.

J. A bottle-Washing machine comprising a rotatable frame or support, having a central hub provided with a series of nozzles and a series of peripheral supports for holding bottles, means as shown for imparting a rotary motion to said frame, means as shown for imparting a rocking motion to said frame, atank partially inclosing said frame and having Water-supply and Water-discharge pipes and 'means as shown connected to the hub for admitting Water to and from the bottles substantially as specified.

A bottle-Washing machine comprising a tank, a rotatable disk or frame and a driving-shaft, means as a train of gearing interposed between the driving-shaft and frame for imparting to the frame a rotary motion and means as a crank or eccentric for imparting a rocking motion to the frame, substan tially as specified.

`l. A bottle-Washing machine comprising a tank provided with Water supply and discharge pipes, a main driving-shaft, and a bottle-carrying disk or support, means as gearing interposed between the driving-shaft and said support for rotating the latter and means interposed between the driving -shaft and frame for reciprocating the latter, a hub provided With bottle-nozzles and with a Watersupply pipe and discharge-orifices and means controlled by the rotation of the frame to admit and discharge water to the hub and bottles.

A bottlewashing machine comprising a tank, provided with Waterinlet and discharge pipes, a rotatable frame or support for holding bottles journaled in said tank, a drivingshaft and connections for rotating said frame, connections between the driving-shaft and frame for rocking the frame, a hub having nozzles to receive the bottles and provided as shown with Water supply and discharge passages, and valves controlled by the rotation of said frame or support to regulate the oW of Water to and from the nozzles and bottles.

G. A bottle-Washing machine comprising in combination with a tank provided with a rotating and rocking frame or support for bottles which frame is provided With a hub having Water supply and discharge mechanism, a stationary brush arranged Within the tank and adapted to impinge upon the bottles carried by the frame as the same is rotated, substantially as speciiied.

7. A bottle-washing machine comprising a tank having Water supply and discharge pipes, a circular frame or support havinga hub mounted upon a shaft and a series of spring-clips for securing a series of bottles, a driving-shaft, an intermediate shaft having at one end a Worm engaging a Worm-Wheel on the frame and at the other a bevel-gear engaging a similar gear on the driving-shaft,

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a hinged supporting-frame pivoted at the In testimony whereof We affix our signalower ends te the tank and the uppeil ends tures in presence of two Witnesses.

to the shaft supporting the circular frame, v STEPHAN LIPPERT. means for regulating a supply of Water to and CHARLES W. HOTTMAN.

5 from the hub and an eccentric and. connee- Witnesses: v

tions for imparting. a rocking motion to the DAVID S. WILLIAMS,

circular frame, substantially as speeiied. ARNOLD KATZ. 

